Bible Question:
Amos6-7 Reading these chapter having a HARD TIME understanding how many opportunities for repentance did GOd give Israel in the visions given to Amos and what does "God relented mean? Thank you so much. God Bless |
Bible Answer: The main message of Amos is the same as most of the minor prophets. God was trying to send a message telling his Israelite children he wanted their obedience rather than their artificial piety and token sacrifices. God's relenting just meant He was willing once again to grant mercy and forgiveness in spite of His repeated promises of their reaping what they had sown. I don't really see any good in keeping count of the number of times God did this. Thanks be to God, He continues to be patient and merciful with us in spite of our nation going the other way. In spite of our taking prayer out of schools and love for justice out of our court system, putting up with corruption in our government and blessing homosexuals in our society. Hopefully, our country will continue re-discovering God and the pendulem will go back the other direction. If we continue following the footsteps of the Roman Empire, we're certain to face the same end result. Looking over my words just now, I seem to sound like a doomsday prophet but then I'm sure that's how the minor prophets sounded to Israel. Will we take heed of God's warnings? Will we learn from our own world's history or are we doomed to repeat it? Only God knows. Maybe if we all pray for mercy and repent for our children's sake. God bless. |